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Page 14 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1979 Butler on athletic directors’ bad side United Press International HOUSTON — Twiss Butler is the nemesis of almost every male athle tic director whose college fields a major football program in the United States. She has heard their arguments that football makes the money to pay the bills for “lesser” sports and that equal spending for women athletes would bankrupt athletic budgets and force a restructuring of football prog rams. Those arguments, she says, are myths which can be debunked by financial statistics from the NCAA but usually aren’t because athletic administrators don’t call attention to ^W/ TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY fry W >Am H-l? Il Move m be k* g’.ooeri RuJlkr Tickets J MSC Box Office Skyrocketing Go Id Prices i Won't keep you from giving that extra special gift this Christmas. 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A represenative of the League of Women Voters on the Bay Area Title IX Coalition, the League City, Texas resident wants to provide an alterna tive view about high school and col lege football, which she said “is something that is so overwhelmingly accepted as masculine that every body is allowed to be completely babyish about it.” “The NCAA asserted that at many schools the profits from football pay for the rest of the sports programs, including women s sports,” Butler said. “But by the NCAA’s own fi gures, 81 percent of the athletic de partments are not making money. Does that indicate football supports the other sports?” The heart of the controversy is Ti tle IX, the federal plan for equalizing athletic expenditures without regard to sex. Butler says athletic directors of major college football programs have ignored implementation of federal guidelines to equalize spending for men and women athletes. “Women in college sports are re ceiving more money (since the fed eral government authorized the Ti tle IX equal spending guidelines) but so have the big football programs, she said. “There has been an in crease in spending all across the board.” Colleges without major football programs have easily adjusted to bring their spending in line with Ti tle IX, she said. She was skeptical about the NCAA’s 19 percent figure for athle tic departments making money be cause of football. “It makes you wonder whether at the apparently successful schools that there isn’t some really creative bookkeeping. The kind of things that turn up in their comments show some disregard for being meticu lous,’ she said. She said common misconceptions held by Title IX critics were that equal spending guidelines would force colleges to start women’s foot ball teams or force colleges to sup port a woman swimmer with the same financial considerations that it does a male football player. “What we might get for a female swimmer is a better all-around com petitive situation and program,” Butler said. “We might get the coach put on full time instead of half time. ” Title IX became law in 1972 and the Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare was charged with enforcing it. “In July, 1978, the universities were supposed to be in compliance. But the HEW did not have guide lines that they were willing to go to the wall for,” she said, explaining that that pleased the athletic dire ctors and left the HEW with a repu tation of “gutlessness. ’ The 1978 policy interpretation “was a way to try to nail down some of the uncertainties so that HEW could perhaps get up its courage and go after some of these complaints,” she said. The U.S. Civil Rights Commis- PRESCRIPTION Rx STEREO 3602 OLD COLLEGE ROAD (Across from the Chicken Oil Co. & Next to Tri-State Sporting Goods) 846-1393 We carry the Finest in Automotive Stereo. If we don’t have what you’re looking for, we can usually get it. JENSEN fwe Also Carry :1 ®SANYO Car Stereo Receivers and Series II Speakers Full Line of AM/FM/Cassette • Maxell & TDK Blank Tapes • Pre-Recorded Tapes Decks, 8-Tracks and Speakers Telephones (GTE) d^Clanon Car Stereos and Equalizers Albums — 80c over our cost ALWAYS!! Car Speakers . 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Admittedly not a fan of football, Butler characterized the sport in Texas high schools and the major col leges as “farm teams.” Her views were formed despite having “50-yard-line seats” to Uni versity of Minnesota football games when she was growing up. Her father was a Minnesota professor and representative to the school’s athle tic committee. “I always wondered where these football factories got their start, ” she said. “Maybe back at Harvard a hun dred years ago some college admi nistrator looked around and said, ‘The boys look a little peaked. Maybe if we got them out and ran them around a little they would have sounder minds and healthier bodies.’ Somewhere it got out of hand. ” viewpoint By Mark Patterson Rockets rout Golden State United Press International HOUSTON — Calvin Murphey sparked the Houston Rockets to a big early lead, and Dwight Jones and Moses Malone combined for 37 points Wednesday night to lead a 133-92 rout of the poor-shooting Golden State Warriors. The Warriors, 7-8, hit only 35.7 percent of their shots in the first half. Turvis Short scored 16 points for the Warriors. Houston had not won by more than eight points this season, but Murphey gave them a big lift in the game’s early minutes, scoring 12 quick points and diving on the floor to intercept passes. Murphey scored 20 points before leaving the game with a bruised knee in the fourth quarter. Malone had 12 rebounds to go with his 18 points. Rudy Tomjano- vich chipped in 14 points, Ricky Bar ry added 15 and Robert Reid scored 12. The five-game winning streak was the first of that length for the Rockets since March 1977. Holtz keeps fans laughini while he cuts up opponen “I’m going to lift weights frequently this year. I may have tofighlj the alumni. We’re going to he better than the prognosticators belie hut not as good as the alumni think. ” — Lou Holtz, Sept. 3,1 If Lou Holtz isn’t the best coach in the nation, he’s surely I funniest. The football genius from the University of Arkansas hast his wit from East Liverpool, Ohio to Miami, Fla., from New York'] Hollywood, and has come away with scores of fans and followers. His comedic reputation earned him an appearance on the Tom Show with Johnny Carson before the 1978 Orange Bowl game. 1 the show was over, Holtz had won over Carson as well. The little red-headed coach can tell a joke. “I don’t want anybody to ever do a story of my life and call it "Rut. work from dawn to exhaustion.” Holtz does know when to joke and when to be serious. Like 1 the Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma when he suspended I starting players, among them Heisman Trophy candidate Ben Cowiii because of a dormitory incident with a UofA coed. His disciplin: action gained Holtz national attention. The 31-6 Arkansas vicl made Holtz a national hero. In his 2Vi seasons as head joker at Arkansas, Holtz has conipil«l| 28-4-1 record, a .848 winning percentage. In his two full seasons,tl Razorbacks have gone to two post-season bowl games. “I didn’t care when the fans started throwing oranges onto thefieli I’m just glad we weren’t going to the Gator Bowl.” Bowl-game invitations have followed Holtz throughout his coachii career. In his first head coaching position — three years at Williamai Mary — Holtz took the Indians to a 23-20 record and the Tangeriu Bowl in 1970. In 1972, Holtz moved on to North Carolina State Universtiy wb he turned the Wolfpack into a national power. In his four yearsi: Raleigh, the Holtz-led Wolfpack won 33 games and appeared in foil straight bowl games. Holtz was hired away from N.C. State by the New York Jets inITii In his one year as a professional coach, Holtz led the Jets to all- record. He quit at the end of the season. Frank Broyles, then the Arkansas coach and athletic direct#; offered Holtz a chance to return to college football as the coadi Arkansas. Holtz jumped at the chance and became a Razorback. iea< “Our practices have been so physical, our players are callint iFayette-Nam.” I’op-seede Ivomen’s s Istin Woi Srnament ng with a Holtz brings the Razorbacks to Kyle Field Saturday in quest oft |jes eighth-straight bowl game. Since coming to Arkansas, Holtz hasnevd lost in the month of November. If the trend continues, the Razorbad will go “bowling” again this season. With a 5-1 conference mark, a victory over co-leader Texas ami share of first place in the Southwest Conference, the Razorbacks as very much in this year’s Cotton Bowl picture. Because of their lars pd, theA following, if the Ilqgs do not iqake it to the Cotton Bowl, bo* cue team representatives are saying that the Razorbacks will receive ain inyto [the hall t tion to the Sugar Bowl. bky Car But Holtz is only thinking about the Cotton Bowl and the S\'( gies with championship, a title that has eluded him. The Aggies and SMUaif the only hurdles in his quest for both. Whether he makes it to Dallas on New Year’s Day or not, youca: bet Holtz will take whatever happens in stride. Texas just ou Gerald |Eighteen eague team jipated in lent. After rece “1 really only ever wanted two things in my life. First, l never n wanted to be rich. Second, I never really wanted to be poor. Actuak all I ever genuinely wanted was to be the best in my field. MSC RECREATION Presents THE GREASED PIG CHASE Animal Pavilion November 15, 7:30 p.m. $4.00 entry fee teams of 4 Information & Registration Rm. 216 MSC Prizes By: Thirsty Turtle Hogs preparet for Aggies 1 I Wei 11 United Press International FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. sas Coach Lou Holtz said day the Razorbacks are in _ to meet Texas A&M Saturday will need to pay close attentiont kicking game. Running back Gary Anderses turned to practice Wednesday being sidelined with a neckii Noseguard Alfred Mohammed defensive tackle Jim Elliott boll limited play. Mohammed hadi cium deposit in his right arm Elliott pulled a groin muscleatp tice Tuesday. Cornerbacks Trent Bryant Hugh Jernigan are listed as for the Aggie game. Fresl Ronald Matheny and walk-on man Ken Dameron will starts! corners if Bryant and Jernigan play, Holtz said. University Flower & Gift Shop Come choose your Aggie mum from our large selec tion now! Plants — Hallmark Cards Posters — Candles — Roses & Other Fresh Flowers We Back The Aggies Call or come by 1049 Texas - Next to Sambo’s call 846-8546 victory. The Aggie idated fre Is. With , Terry < win, ano m into tl ’he Aggie es in th ’ressive ele Fain rber and Cyclone i ond half; a pass fr< ived to b the tith aptain ned to th outst oughout loach Al Aggies f nent. Un be re] mal tour Heath ies recei Is his s idy. Captain livan ant [rtingatr Ihere s ek (Foug